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If anyone else is having Twitter related problems email support@twitter.com

Of course as we know what comes next, right? #WhenTwitterWasDown Trending Topics :) (Oh, I'm such an addict and I gotta go back to work, thankfully I work on social media and can multitask :))

Twitter is now up for me. – Amanda, on October 18, 2009 17:47

Not sure as to how many actually read comments left to posts, so I'll double what I said for everyone else who may not read. It seems to be a DNS is down in the system "somewhere", which is what I was told; I was also told the blog will reflect any changes or updates -- right now it looks like it's stuck on the same one we've all seen. I'm going to attempt to access it another way (I'll let you know if it works). Also for those who "need" social media sign up with FriendFeed (that's where the most of us are bitching at :))

As a social media journalist, I have quite a good relationship with Twitter; and as an addict myself I have no problems in trying to get help. I received a response Usually "if they have a clue of the issue" they have no problem in telling me the problem is this or that; this outage is related to a DNS being down "somewhere" within the system. Just received a follow up, "this issue is a site-wide issue" and they have updated the status blog to reflect this. If I know anything else I'll keep you posted. -- If you are on the West coast you may be the only ones to get service but as they work it may be unstable (the only ones in my company to have access are the two in California). – Amanda, on October 18, 2009 17:06

Just a reminder; while the proxy site may "work" for some, you do know that the site URL it returns has "nothing" to do with Twitter. Do not give your password/information to sites that aren't authentic. For those who have change your password to reduce any problems that "may" occur. In the meantime, as a social media journalist who works for Twitter and other social media, I have e-mails into Twitter employees and should be getting a response shortly. When I do I will keep everyone informed. My research has showed Twitter has been down for over 4 hours, it seems to be a problem for everyone who works with my company; we have workers all over North America and Europe so this outage is huge.